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Year 1 Visualising and representing

Seesaw Shenanigans
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Seesaw shenanigans

Age
3 to 7
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A group of animals has made a seesaw in the woods. How can you make the seesaw balance?

Biscuit Decorations
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Biscuit decorations

Age
5 to 7
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Andrew decorated 20 biscuits to take to a party. He lined them up and put icing on every second biscuit and different decorations on other biscuits. How many biscuits weren't decorated?
Writing Digits
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Writing digits

Age
5 to 7
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Lee was writing all the counting numbers from 1 to 20. She stopped for a rest after writing seventeen digits. What was the last number she wrote?
Same Length Trains
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Same length trains

Age
5 to 7
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How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's and Katie's, using rods that are identical?
Number Balance
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Number balance

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you hang weights in the right place to make the the number balance balanced?

How do you see it?
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How do you see it?

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Here are some short problems for you to try. Talk to your friends about how you work them out.

Always, Sometimes or Never? KS1
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Always, sometimes or never? KS1

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Are these statements relating to calculation and properties of shapes always true, sometimes true or never true?

Eightness of Eight
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Eightness of eight

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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What do you see as you watch this video? Can you create a similar video for the number 12?
Happy Halving
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Happy halving

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you split each of the shapes below in half so that the two parts are exactly the same?